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To: 2banana

More likely the Dem State Committee. I suspect most states have provisions that the state committee chooses replacement candidates for statewide offices. Maine appoints district committees at our convention whose sole purpose is to vote on cong dist replacement if necessary.

“Walsh, who was appointed after Sen. Max Baucus became the U.S. ambassador to China, withdrew his candidacy last week amid the plagiarism charges while he was studying at the U.S. Army War College. “

This paragraph or a variation of it is going to be a thorn in her campaign as it will be at the end of every article about her or the race.


10 posted on 08/16/2014 3:03:03 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf; 2banana

The “State Central Committee” of the Montana rat party made the choice.

It’s not like they could hold another primary, so this was actually the more small d democratic way to do it, instead of having a small number of party big wigs make the decision behind closed doors like they would do in a lot of states.


18 posted on 08/16/2014 11:38:28 PM PDT by Impy (Think for yourself)
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